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February 6, 2018

Extremist Propagandists and Ideologues Maintain Presence Online

CEP's new resource, Guide to Online Propagandists, profiles online radical thought leaders who are active on social media platforms like YouTube and encourage violence and hate. While YouTube in November 2017 banned the videos of notorious al-Qaeda...

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January 26, 2018

One Year After Quebec City Mosque Attack

CEP is providing resources on extremism and counter-extremism in Canada on the anniversary of the January 29 attack at the Quebec Islamic Cultural Center in Quebec City. Right-wing extremist Alexandre Bissonnette is accused of carrying out the attack...

Press Release

January 12, 2018

Militias Beholden to Iran Complicate Future of Iraq

CEP released updated resources on three of Iraq's most powerful Shiite militias, part of a government sanctioned umbrella group that is heavily funded by and beholden to the Islamic Republic of Iran. Several of the groups have fought extensively on...

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January 8, 2018

Updated CEP Interactive Map Highlights Extremism and Counter-Extremism Efforts in 45 Countries

(New York, NY) -- CEP today released new resources on extremism and counter-extremism efforts in six new countries, expanding to 45 the number of countries profiled in its interactive map. New countries profiled include Iraq, Kuwait, Malaysia...

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January 4, 2018

Three Years After Charlie Hebdo, Supermarket Killings

CEP released updated resources today on the third anniversary of the deadly attacks carried out at satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and at a kosher supermarket in Paris by three gunmen.

Press Release

January 3, 2018

Swedish Neo-Nazi Group Leader Guilty of Inciting Hatred

CEP released new resources on the neo-Nazi group the Nordic Resistance Movement and extremism and counter-Extremism in Sweden, following the conviction of NRM leader Simon Lindberg of “incitement to racial hatred.” A court found that in a speech...

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December 20, 2017

U.S. National Security Advisor Points to Qutbism as Fueling Violent Jihad

Recently, U.S. National Security Advisor General H.R. McMaster named Turkey and Qatar as the main funders of radical Islamist ideology and referred to the importance of severing funds to extremist ideologies like Salafism and Qutbism . CEP Exective...

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December 19, 2017

Vehicle Attacks in Berlin, U.K., Spain, and U.S. Encouraged by ISIS Propaganda

CEP Executive Director David Ibsen released a statement on the one-year anniversary of the ISIS-inspired truck attack on a Christmas market in Berlin, Germany, that read in part: "Since ISIS spokesman Abu Muhammad al-Adnani implored followers to kill...

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December 11, 2017

ISIS-Inspired Terrorist Explodes Bomb in New York City Subway Passage

CEP released a statement in response to an attempted terrorist attack near the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York City during the morning's rush hour that read in part: “This morning’s attempted terror attack reminds us of the influence that...

Press Release

December 4, 2017

ICYMI: The Case for Removing Extremist Videos From the Internet

ICYMI: Following a multi-year CEP campaign, Google/YouTube drastically reduced the number of sermons and lectures from former al-Qaeda operative Anwar al-Awlaki. In a New York Times op-ed, CEP CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace and President Frances...

Daily Dose

Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

Fact:

On January 23, 2019, two car bombs exploded outside of a mosque in Benghazi, Libya, killing 41 people and injuring 80 others. No group claimed responsibility for the blast, but remnants suggested an ISIS affiliate was responsible.  

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